Bard Spell List

Cantrips

Spell	School	Concentration	Added in
Blade Ward	Abjuration	–	PHB
Dancing Lights	Evocation	Yes	PHB
Friends	Enchantment	Yes	PHB
Light	Evocation	–	PHB
Mage Hand	Conjuration	–	PHB
Mending	Transmutation	–	PHB
Message	Transmutation	–	PHB
Minor Illusion	Illusion	–	PHB
Prestidigitation	Transmutation	–	PHB
Thunderclap	Evocation	–	XGE
True Strike	Divination	Yes	PHB
Vicious Mockery	Enchantment	–	PHB

1st Level

Spell	School	Concentration	Ritual	Added In
Animal Friendship	Enchantment	–	Yes	PHB
Bane	Enchantment	Yes	–	PHB
Charm Person	Enchantment	–	–	PHB
Color Spray	Illusion	–	–	TCoE
Command	Enchantment	–	–	TCoE
Comprehend Languages	Divination	–	Yes	PHB
Cure Wounds	Evocation	–	–	PHB
Detect Magic	Divination	Yes	Yes	PHB
Disguise Self	Illusion	–	–	PHB
Dissonant Whispers	Enchantment	–	–	PHB
Distort Value	Illusion	–	–	AI
Earth Tremor	Evocation	–	–	XGE
Faerie Fire	Evocation	Yes	–	PHB
Feather Fall	Transmutation	–	–	PHB
Healing Word	Evocation	–	–	PHB
Heroism	Enchantment	Yes	–	PHB
Identify	Divination	–	Yes	PHB
Illusory Script	Illusion	–	–	PHB
Longstrider	Transmutation	–	–	PHB
Silent Image	Illusion	Yes	–	PHB
Sleep	Enchantment	–	–	PHB
Speak with Animals	Divination	–	Yes	PHB
Tasha’s Hideous Laughter	Enchantment	Yes	–	PHB
Thunderwave	Evocation	–	–	PHB
Unearthly Chorus	Illusion	Yes	–	UA
Unseen Servant	Conjuration	–	Yes	PHB

2nd Level

Spell	School	Concentration	Ritual	Added in
Aid	Abjuration	–	–	TCoE
Animal Messenger	Enchantment	–	Yes	PHB
Blindness/Deafness	Necromancy	–	–	PHB
Calm Emotions	Enchantment	Yes	–	PHB
Cloud of Daggers	Conjuration	Yes	–	PHB
Crown of Madness	Enchantment	Yes	–	PHB
Detect Thoughts	Divination	Yes	–	PHB
Enhance Ability	Transmutation	Yes	–	PHB
Enlarge/Reduce	Transmutation	Yes	–	TCoE
Enthrall	Enchantment	–	–	PHB
Gift of Gab	Enchantment	–	–	AI
Heat Metal	Transmutation	Yes	–	PHB
Hold Person	Enchantment	Yes	–	PHB
Invisibility	Transmutation	Yes	–	PHB
Knock	Transmutation	–	–	PHB
Lesser Restoration	Abjuration	–	–	PHB
Locate Animals or Plants	Divination	–	Yes	PHB
Locate Object	Divination	Yes	–	PHB
Magic Mouth	Illusion	–	Yes	PHB
Mirror Image	Illusion	–	–	TCoE
Phantasmal Force	Illusion	Yes	–	PHB
Pyrotechnics	Transmutation	–	–	XGE
See Invisibility	Divination	–	–	PHB
Shatter	Evocation	–	–	PHB
Silence	Illusion	Yes	Yes	PHB
Skywrite	Transmutation	Yes	Yes	XGE
Suggestion	Enchantment	Yes	–	PHB
Warding Wind	Evocation	Yes	–	XGE
Zone of Truth	Enchantment	–	–	PHB

3rd Level

Spell	School	Concentration	Ritual	Added in
Bestow Curse	Necromancy	Yes	–	PHB
Catnap	Enchantment	–	–	XGE
Clairvoyance	Divination	Yes	–	PHB
Daylight	Evocation	–	–	?
Dispel Magic	Abjuration	–	–	PHB
Enemies Abound	Enchantment	Yes	–	XGE
Fast Friends	Enchantment	Yes	–	AI
Fear	Illusion	Yes	–	PHB
Feign Death	Necromancy	–	Yes	PHB
Glyph of Warding	Abjuration	–	–	PHB
Hypnotic Pattern	Illusion	Yes	–	PHB
Intellect Fortress	Abjuration	Yes	–	TCoE
Leomund’s Tiny Hut	Evocation	–	Yes	PHB
Major Image	Illusion	Yes	–	PHB
Mass Healing Word	Evocation	–	–	TCoE
Motivational Speech	Enchantment	–	–	AI
Nondetection	Abjuration	–	–	PHB
Plant Growth	Transmutation	–	–	PHB
Sending	Evocation	–	–	PHB
Slow	Transmutation	Yes	–	TCoE
Speak with Dead	Necromancy	–	–	PHB
Speak with Plants	Transmutation	–	–	PHB
Stinking Cloud	Conjuration	Yes	–	PHB
Tongues	Divination	–	–	PHB

4th Level

Spell	School	Concentration	Ritual	Added in
Charm Monster	Enchantment	–	–	XGE
Compulsion	Enchantment	Yes	–	PHB
Confusion	Enchantment	Yes	–	PHB
Dimension Door	Conjuration	–	–	PHB
Freedom of Movement	Abjuration	–	–	PHB
Greater Invisibility	Illusion	Yes	–	PHB
Hallucinatory Terrain	Illusion	–	–	PHB
Locate Creature	Divination	Yes	–	PHB
Phantasmal Killer	Illusion	Yes	–	TCoE
Polymorph	Transmutation	Yes		PHB

5th Level

Spell	School	Concentration	Ritual	Added in
Animate Objects	Transmutation	Yes	–	PHB
Awaken	Transmutation	–	–	PHB
Dominate Person	Enchantment	Yes	–	PHB
Dream	Illusion	–	–	PHB
Geas	Enchantment	–	–	PHB
Greater Restoration	Abjuration	–	–	PHB
Hold Monster	Enchantment	Yes	–	PHB
Legend Lore	Divination	–	–	PHB
Mass Cure Wounds	Evocation	–	–	PHB
Mislead	Illusion	Yes	–	PHB
Modify Memory	Enchantment	Yes	–	PHB
Planar Binding	Abjuration	–	–	PHB
Raise Dead	Necromancy	–	–	PHB
Rary’s Telepathic Bond	Divination	–	Yes	TCoE
Scrying	Divination	Yes	–	PHB
Seeming	Illusion	–	–	PHB
Skill Empowerment	Transmutation	Yes	–	XGE
Synaptic Static	Enchantment	–	–	XGE
Teleportation Circle	Conjuration	–	–	PHB

6th Level

Spell	School	Concentration	Ritual	Added in
Eyebite	Necromancy	Yes	–	PHB
Find the Path	Divination	Yes	–	PHB
Guards and Wards	Abjuration	–	–	PHB
Heroes‘ Feast	Conjuration	–	–	TCoE
Mass Suggestion	Enchantment	–	–	PHB
Otto’s Irresistible Dance	Enchantment	Yes	–	PHB
Programmed Illusion	Illusion	–	–	PHB
Tenser’s Transformation	Transmutation	Yes	–	?
True Seeing	Divination	–	–	PHB

7th Level

Spell	School	Concentration	Ritual	Added in
Dream of the Blue Veil	Conjuration	–	–	TCoE
Etherealness	Transmutation	–	–	PHB
Forcecage	Evocation	–	–	PHB
Mirage Arcane	Illusion	–	–	PHB
Mordenkainen’s Magnificent Mansion	Conjuration	–	–	PHB
Mordenkainen’s Sword	Evocation	Yes	–	PHB
Prismatic Spray	Evocation	–	–	TCoE
Project Image	Illusion	Yes	–	PHB
Regenerate	Transmutation	–	–	PHB
Resurrection	Necromancy	–	–	PHB
Symbol	Abjuration	–	–	PHB
Teleport	Conjuration	–	–	PHB

8th Level

Spell	School	Concentration	Ritual	Added in
Antipathy/Sympathy	Enchantment	–	–	TCoE
Dominate Monster	Enchantment	Yes	–	PHB
Feeblemind	Enchantment	–	–	PHB
Glibness	Transmutation	–	–	PHB
Mind Blank	Abjuration	–	–	PHB
Power Word: Stun	Enchantment	–	–	PHB

9th Level

Spell	School	Concentration	Ritual	Added in
Foresight	Divination	–	–	PHB
Mass Polymorph	Transmutation	Yes	–	XGE
Power Word: Heal	Evocation	–	–	PHB
Power Word: Kill	Enchantment	–	–	PHB
Prismatic Wall	Abjuration	–	–	TCoE
Psychic Scream	Enchantment	–	–	XGE
True Polymorph	Transmutation	Yes	–	PHB